Paper workers down tools over mill sale - ABC News - 23 December 2009
Workers at the Paperlinx mill in Burnie will walk off the job today, to pressure the company to pay their entitlements before the mill is sold. [read more] Crunch Time for Region as Paper Mill Winds Up - article from The Age by Ben Schneiders - 10 December 2009
KEN Fraser has worked at the Burnie paper mill for 38 years. His father worked at the mill and his grandfather helped build it during the Great Depression. But in six months the sprawling mill, which employed more than 4000 p... [read more] Union Applauds Government action on Green Building Council, accountability campaign to continue - 30 November 2009
The CFMEU Forestry and Furnishing Products Division today congratulated Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke for convincing the Green Building Council to adopt a certification scheme that will allow the Australian timber i... [read more] Employer 'threatened union rep' Article from 'The Age' newspaper - 20 November 2009
A glass industry employer abused and threatened a union organiser and told him ''I'm coming after you'' after the organiser tried to meet workers at the factory, it has been alleged. [read more] CFMEU FFPD Notes the Beginning of the Fire Season and wishes regional Australians a safe and happy Summer - 6 November 2009
THE CFMEU FFPD notes the beginning of the fire season in Victoria and wishes regional Australians a safe and happy Summer and holiday season. [read more]

CFMEU Disaster Recovery Fund 2009 Victorian Bushfire Appeal
CFMEU members exceed million-dollar pledge to Victorian bushfire appeal [read more]
2009 Campaign to Protect Jobs
Join the campaign to ensure a viable future for our industry and our economy. The CFMEU FFPD is calling on the Federal Government to develop a plan to ensure a viable and sustainable future for the forest and forest products... [read more]
Scottsdale Timber Workers
Labor abandons Scottsdale workers. Despite promises that Scottsdale's retrenched workers and the North East community would be looked after by both State and Federal Labor Governments, both governments appear to have backed d... [read more]
Boral Walcha Campaign
In July 2008 Boral announced it's intention to close the Walcha timber mill. WIth solid support from Union members across the State, the CFMEU FFPD Walcha members took the fight up to Boral. [read more]
Pulp Mill Proposal in Tasmania
At last year’s Tasmanian state election, the Labor government and the Liberal opposition both went to the polls supporting Gunns’ Tamar Valley Pulp Mill, proposed for the state’s north. Together the parties attracted nearly 8... [read more]